Ipse Christus

...my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you,

in a dry and weary land where there is no water.  - Psalm 63:1

 “The divine life is found, par excellence, in the transfigured

bread and wine of the Eucharist.  Aquinas said that the other sacraments contain 

the virtus Christi (the power of Christ), but that the Eucharist contains 

ipse Christus (Christ Himself).  What the soul is hungry for, 

finally, is the person of Jesus, the body and blood of Christ.”

Bishop-elect Robert Barron

“Why You Need Spiritual Food” forum 

5 August 2015